Search by Signatures for recovering deleted files
The unique file search by signatures technology by DiskInternals Research. At this time 169 types of files are supported. The technology used in all our products.
List of supported types of files
Recover deleted archives | ||
 | 7z | 7-Zip Compressed File |
 | cab | MicroSoft Cabinet file / Install Shield file |
 | rar | Rar Archive |
 | tar | Tape ARchive for Unix |
 | zip | Compressed Archive File |
Recover deleted graphics | ||
 | 3ds | 3D Studio |
| ai | Illustrator Vector Graphic |
 | ani | Windows Animated Cursor |
| arw | Sony RAW Bitmap File |
 | bmp | Windows OS/2 Bitmap Graphics |
| cdr | Corel Vector Graphic Drawing |
| cdt | CorelDRAW Template |
 | cls | Corel Designer Symbol Library |
| cmx | Corel Presentation Exchange Image |
 | cr2 | Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format |
 | crw | Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format |
| cws | Claris Works Template |
| des | Corel Designer Technical Illustration |
| dgn | ArcView Design Drawing File |
| ds4 | Micrografx Designer Ver. 4 Graphic |
 | fla | Flash Movie Authoring File |
 | fpx | Kodak FlashPix Image |
 | gif | Graphic Interchange Format |
 | jpg, jpeg | JPEG Image |
 | max | 3D Studio Max Model File |
 | nef | Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File |
 | pal | Microsoft Color Palette |
 | png | Portable Network Graphics |
 | psd | Adobe Photoshop Image |
 | sda | OpenOffice.org Drawing |
 | swf | Macromedia Flash Format File |
 | tiff | Tagged Image Format File |
| ufo | PhotoImpact Graphic |
 | vsd | Visio Drawing |
Recover deleted movies | ||
 | amv | MTV Movie File |
 | asf | Advanced Streaming Format |
 | avi | Audio Video Interleave File |
| clk | Corel RAVE Animation File |
| m2ts | Blu-ray BDAV MPEG-2 Transport Stream |
 | mov | QuickTime Video Clip |
 | mp4 | MPEG-4 Video File |
 | mpg,mpeg, mpg,asf, mp1,m1v ,mp2,m2v, m2a,vob, dat,mv | Mpeg Movie file |
 | rm | Real Media |
 | wmv | Windows Media Video |
Recover deleted music | ||
 | 4xm | 4X Technology's multimedia file format |
 | aif | Windows Media Audio |
 | au | uLaw/AU Audio File |
 | cda | CD Audio Track Shortcut |
| dls | A Roland GS MIDI sound set file |
| idf | MIDI Instruments Definition File |
 | mid | Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDI-sequention Sound |
 | mp3 | MPEG-1 Audio Layer III |
 | mtm | Multitrack Music Modul |
 | ogg | OGG audio file |
| ra | Real Audio |
 | rmi | Rmi MIDI File |
| sf2 | Creative Labs Soundfont 2.0 Bank File |
| sgt | DirectMusic Producer Segments Type |
| sty | Microsoft DirectMusic Style |
 | voc | Creative Labs Sound |
| vqf | Transform-domain Weighted Interleave Vector Quantization (TwinVQF) Music File |
 | wav | Waveform Audio |
 | wma | Windows Media Audio |
| wv | Wave Pack |
Recover deleted documents | ||
 | adp | Microsoft Access Project |
 | awg | Ability Draw Document |
 | aws | Ability Spreadsheet Document |
 | aww | Ability Write Document |
 | doc | Microsoft Word Document |
 | docm | Microsoft Word 2007 Document with Macros Enabled |
 | docx | Microsoft Word 2007 Document |
 | dot | Word Document Template |
 | dotx | Word 2007 Document Template |
 | hlp | Windows Help File |
 | jtd | Ichitaro Document |
 | mpp | Microsoft Project |
 | msg | Exchange Mail Message |
| odb | OpenOffice/StarOffice OpenDocument (Ver 2) Database |
| odf | OpenOffice/StarOffice OpenDocument (Ver 2) Formula |
| odg | OpenOffice/StarOffice OpenDocument (Ver 2) Graphics Document |
| odp | OpenOffice/StarOffice OpenDocument (Ver 2) Presentation |
| ods | OpenOffice/StarOffice OpenDocument (Ver 2) Spreadsheet |
| odt | OpenOffice/StarOffice OpenDocument (Ver 2) Text Document |
 | p65 | Adobe PageMaker |
 | Acrobat Portable Document Format | |
 | ppt | PowerPoint Presentation |
 | pptm | Power Point 2007 Presentation with Macros Enabled |
 | pptx | Power Point 2007 Presentation |
 | ps | PostScript |
 | pub | Microsoft Office Publisher |
 | rtf | Rich Text Format File |
 | sdc | OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet |
 | sdd | OpenOffice.org Presentation |
 | sdw | OpenOffice.org Text Document |
 | vbd | Visual Basic 5 Active Document |
 | wps | Works Text Document |
 | xls | Microsoft Excel Worksheet |
 | xlsb | Excel 2007 Binary Workbook |
 | xlsm | Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook |
 | xlsx | Excel 2007 Worksheet |
 | xlt | Excel Template |
 | xltx | Excel 2007 Template |
Recover deleted CAD | ||
| agdb | ANSYS DesignSpace |
| asm | Solid Edge Document |
| dft | SolidEdge CAD File |
| dsdb | ANSYS DesignSpace Graphic Stream |
 | dsn | OrCAD Schematic Capture Schematic File |
| dwf | Autodesk Design Web Format |
 | dwg | AutoCAD Drawing Database |
 | dxf | AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format |
 | e3 | Thinkdesign CAD Design |
| iam | Autodesk Inventor Assembly |
| idw | Autodesk Inventor CAD |
| ipt | Autodesk Inventor CAD |
| par | Solid Edge Document |
| prt | Unigraphics Part File |
| sldasm | 3D SolidWorks Document |
| slddrw | 3D SolidWorks Document |
| sldprt | 3D SolidWorks Document |
Recover deleted database files | ||
 | dat | Miranda Database |
 | dbf | dBase database |
 | dbx | Outlook Express E-mail Folder |
 | mdb | Access Database |
 | wdb | Works Database |
Recover deleted files | ||
 | chm | HTML Help Compiled Help File |
 | contact | Windows Vista Contact |
 | gra | Flight Simulator File |
| ilg | InstallShield Log File |
 | jbc | Jetico BestCrypt CryptoDisk container |
 | msi | Windows Installer File |
 | msp | Windows Installer Patch |
 | mst | Windows SDK Setup Transform Script |
| opt | Opt file |
 | pst | Outlook Personal Folder File |
 | qpw | Quattro Pro Project File |
 | rpt | Report |
| rpt | Crystal Reports Output File (Report) |
 | suo | Visual Studio Solution User Options |
 | tbb | The Bat! E-mail Hives |
| tbi | The Bat index |
 | vcf | vCard File |
 | wab | Windows Address Book |
Recover deleted Text files | ||
| asl | AppSight Console Log |
 | asp | Active Server Page |
 | bdsproj | Developer Studio Project File |
 | c | C/C++ Program File |
 | cat | Security Catalog |
 | cpp | C++ Source Code File |
 | dpr | C++/Delphi Default Project |
| dtd | Document Type Definition |
 | eml | Outlook Express Electronic Mail |
 | exp | Export File |
 | h | Header |
 | htm | Hypertext Markup Language |
 | html | Hypertext Markup Language |
| lasso | Lasso Studio Database Driven Web Page |
 | pas | Pascal Source Code |
| php | PHP Script |
| php3 | PHP Script |
| pl | Fractal Zplot Palette File |
| py | Python Script |
 | reg | Registry Data File |
| sh | UNIX/LINUX Shell Script |
 | svg | Scalable Vector Graphics File |
 | txt | Text File |
| web | BlackWidow Website Description File |
| xcl | Xtree for Win Script |
 | xml | Extensible Markup Language File |
 | xsl | XML Stylesheet |
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